Connecting-bar or hanger.



P. W. SIMMONS. CONNECTING BAR DR HANGER.

APPLXOATION IILED 0011, 1912.

LGWLSWQ Patented A1011, 1913.

$1 11 ue 'mbo'a clare the following to FRANK W. SIMHGNS, 0E ATLAIETIC CITY, NEW JERSEY.

CONNECTING-BAR HANGER hostess.

To all whom 2'13 may comet /2 Be it known that I, FRANK W. Srer'arons, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlantic- City, in the county of Atlantic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Connecting-Bsrs or Hangers; and I do hereby deexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it up ertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates geiuerall to devices for connecting the inlet and out-et pipes of a as-meter or other device through which a fluid is designed to pass, but more particularly to a support or hunger for gasmeters; and. it consists of a, bar beving communicating inlet and outlet passages at one end and inlet and outlet assages at the opposite end, through which ruid is designed to pass.

The invention also consists of means for edjustihg the hanger or connecting-bur to any desired length to render it applicable to different widths of devices through which the fluid is to ass. And the invention further consists or the general construction, orrangement and combination oi the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully described in this specification and briefly stated in the claims.

One of the chief objects of the invention is to so construct the connecting-bar or hanger, that the fluid will be taken in from a service-pipe at one end, and passed out through the other end to a distributingpipe, after passing through the device to which it is connected.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the bar or hunger that it may be attached to or suspended ing-pipe and have a passage in communication with said pipe, and a passage in communication with a distributing pipe.

These and other objects are accomplished by means of-the mechanism illustrated in the drawing, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved bar or hanger, showing, as an example, a gas-meter supported thereby; Fig. 2 is a vertical, longitudinal section of the bar or hanger, and Fig. 3 a horizontal:, Tongitw dinal section of the same.

Referring to the several views, the numeral 1 indicates the bar or hanger which is provided at one end with an inlet passage 2,

specification of Letters lPateut. Application filed octoher 1. will.

be a full, clear, and

from a distribut-.

.Feto nted Apr. ii, 3&1? eerie! Ito. rears the wall of which is internally screwthreaded to receive. the screw-threaded end of the usual service-pipe, not shown. The passage 2 is intersected by an outlet-passage 3 the wall of which is internally screwthreaded for the reception of a screw threaded coupling-nut 4s -for connecting the inlet-pipe 5 of the meter 6 with said passage 3, The other end oi'the henger'is pro sided with a. passage '7 intersected by an outlet passage 8 formed inan extension 9. The upper end of the extension is externall screw-threaded to receive a screw-threaded union-coupling 10 which connects the hanger with an internally screw-threaded house-line connection 11, in which the distrihuting or house-line pipe, not shown, is screwed.

Screwed into the passage 7 is an adjustable pipe extension 12 of elbow shape,

through which the fluid passes from the meter, said pipe hsving its outer end internally screw-threaded to receive the coupling-nut 13 which connects-said pipe extensionwith the outlet-pipe 14 of the meter, a jam-nut 15 bein employed to hold the pipe extension in adj ustedposition. One of the important features of the invention is the adjustability of the bar or hunger to adapt it to any width of meter, allowing for the easy and ready removal of one width meter and its replacement with another of less or greater width.

it will be noted that the meter will be supported at opposite sides, and that the hanger will be suppprted at two separate points, at one end by the service-pipe, to which it is to be connected, and approximately centrally by the house distributing pipe.

My improved bar or hanger is readily and quicklyconnected to the liouse-distributing forms a strong and durable support for the meter or connection for other fluid devices, and is simple'end inexpensive in construction.

Having thus fully tion, what I claim is: 1..A,support for meters, comprising a casting provided at one end with a screwthreaded inlet to adapt it to be screwed to a service-pipe, and with e screw-threaded out let for direct connection with the meter inlet-pipe, said outlet being in communication described my invenwith said inlet, and the other end with a screw-threaded opening and an outletpipe; is neat and attractive in appearance;

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